All you need to make low carb shortbread cookies are 5 ingredients: Almond Flour – this refers to ultra-fine almond flour, golden-white in color. Don’t use almond meal for keto cookie recipes. The texture of your cookies will be dry and grainy. Want to learn how to choose your keto flours?
Salted butter is recommended. If using unsalted, add couple pinches of sea salt to the dough in step 3. Want to make these with coconut flour? Use this coconut flour shortbread cookie recipe. Want these flavored with almond flavor and keto brown sugar? These keto almond cookies are for you!
Just follow these simple steps: Start by heating your oven to 300F (150C). Then, add the almond flour, vanilla extract, salt and sweetener to a mixing bowl and mix well. Add the butter and egg into the mixture, and mix until well combined. Scoop about one tablespoon of shortbread mixture and roll it into a ball. Repeat for the remaining mixture.
Beth Lipton/Eat This, Not That! Shortbread is a traditional Scottish biscuit made with sugar, butter, and flour. This keto version subs the sugar for a low-carb alternative sweetener, and regular flour for almond flour, which is lower in carbs and higher in fat content.